STAAR BLITZ REVIEW #1 (due 3/31)

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Reasons for exploration: Fear, isolation, laziness, lack of resources, Wealth, religion, expand empires, Boredom, peer pressure, tradition, superstition, loss of interest

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Wealth, religion, expand empires

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claimed Florida, Texas, California; built missions

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Spanish

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claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading

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French

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rocky soil, cold climate, harbors, fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding; founded for religious freedom

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New England

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to escape religious persecution, Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded

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Rhode Island

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New England colony founded by Puritans/Pilgrims for religious freedom; Boston major port city

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Massachusetts

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rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, grain, and raised livestock

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Middle Collonies

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1st anti-slavery group who lived in Pennsylvania

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Quakers

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fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops; Transatlantic Slave Trade provided slave labor for plantations; founded mainly for economic reasons; Jamestown, Virginia

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Southern Colonies

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founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom

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Maryland